Thoughts and observations by English poet Roger N. Taber, a retired librarian & poet-novelist.- "Colour, creed, sex, sexuality... these are but part of a whole. It is the whole that counts." RNT [NB While I have no wish to create a social network, I will always reply to emails. Contact: rogertab@aol.com].

Thursday, 15 August 2013

Making a Start OR On Letting Good Intentions Speak for Themselves

Sometimes
everything but everything seems to be going wrong and is almost too much to
bear. Then it’s time to take a step back and consider what to DO.

Tell
someone, preferably a close friend or relative who knows you well. A trouble
shared reallyisa trouble halved.

Seek
practical / professional help and advice. If you don’t know where to get
it…ask. (Your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau is always a good start if you have
money worries).

Come on,
folks. Nothing is ever quite as bad as it looks.

Try
resolving things instead of letting them get on top of you. If they cannot be
resolved, try making the BEST of things instead of the worst. True, it’s never
easy, but always worth making the effort. Don't try and muddle through on your
own either. We all need help and support sometimes. There is no shame in
asking. Besides, most people - especially those closest to us - LIKE to be
asked.

Remember,
if no one knows weneedhelp, no one is in a position togiveit. We have no right to complain that
no one cares about us if we insist on keeping our troubles to ourselves. Yes,
sometimes people let us down, society too. We can but try. More often than not,
being positive achieves positive results.

So come
on, folks. Let’s get a life instead of letting it get to us. [Could it be that Earth
Mother has the same idea? Now, there’s
a thought…]

MAKING A
START or ON LETTING GOOD INTENTIONS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

Up to the
ears in debt,

a broken
romance,

a redundancy
notice

obscuring
headlines

on war, famine,
floods,

earthquakes,
other

natural
disasters breaking

human hearts,
taking

human
lives, and blaming

global
warming

when we’re
not blaming

each
other for never

getting
it right no matter

how we
vote

No ozone
hole to blame

for
street crime,

racism or
homophobia,

beggars
(all ages)

haunting
shoppers, kids

all but running
riot

in
supermarkets because

parents
afraid to say

no, stop,
don’t, mustn’t

or you’ll
grow up with

precious
few social skills

and even
less hope

of
getting parole halfway

into a
life sentence

Must
start to get real, nurture

for a
better world

Copyright R. N. Taber 2007; 2013

[Note:
This poem has been slightly revised from an earlier version that appears in 1st
eds. of Accomplices To
Illusionby R. N. Taber,
Assembly Books, 2007; 2nd (revised) e-edition in preparation.]

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About Me

A gay man. Born in Gillingham, Kent (UK) Dec. 21st 1945. Graduated with BA Hons.(Class 2/1) in English & American Literature, the University of Kent in Canterbury, summer 1973.

Some 700+ poems have appeared in poetry publications worldwide since 1993, excluding any that only appear in my collections.

Better known as a poet, my first novel - 'Blasphemy' was published in the USA, October 2006 ; it is Book 1 of a planned trilogy and was also distributed in the UK & the rest of Europe. Book 2 - 'Sacrilege' -was self-published and only on sale in the UK or on the Internet. [Book 3 - 'Redemption' - has been delayed due to illness. (I have prostate cancer.) Other novels have not yet found an agent/ publisher but are serialised on my fiction site.